These are busy times for Airbus Helicopters’ flight test team at Donauwörth. Airbus is already developing an upgraded H135 featuring a five-bladed main rotor and a redesign of the empennage,…
Airbus has become a strategic partner with DG Fuels LLC (DGF). DGFs plant aims to have an initial production capacity of 120 million US gallons (454 million litres) of SAF…
Rolls-Royce has revealed that it is about to begin testing its new small gas turbine (SGT) specifically developed for power hybrid-electric flight. The engine is part of a turbogenerator system…
CHC has announced the launch of a proprietary flight planning software, Clear Skies, which it says is the industry’s first “lowest carbon” rotary-wing flight planning tool. The software was developed…
Safran Helicopter Engines announced at the Paris Air Show this morning (20 June 2023) that it has completed the validation of its Eco Mode hybrid propulsion system for twin-engine helicopters….
Airbus Helicopters has concluded the first phase of the DisruptiveLab flight test programme. Over a series of 14 flights of the flying laboratory, the programme has succeeded in expanding the…
An Airbus H125 helicopter belonging to State Grid Space Technology Co., Ltd (SGST) has successfully used sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for a flight demonstration at Hefei Shiwan Airport in eastern…